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MAP 2008 THEME : EXPORTING THE eLEARNING DOMAINS FOR INCREASING ACCESS TO EDUCATION IN AFRICA
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PANEL 1:
DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT OF SUSTAINABLE eLEARNING SOLUTIONS ADAPTED TO AN AFRICAN CONTEXT
Friday, August 8
1:45 pm to 2:30 pm
Marquette
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Creating the environment for national e-Learning development in Africa entails the sharing of resources, experiences, and best practices, as well as the demonstration of practical examples of successful technology solutions. This panel will discuss issues for effective e-learning development and delivery with particular focus on pre-conditions for "good practices," pedagogical integration of ICT, learning environments, and learning design, as well as training and professional development of educators, and the development and sharing of open education knowledge, resources, and technologies. The audience will be encouraged to join in this discussion. The sessions will be videotaped for further disseminations.
Moderator: Moustapha Diack (Southern University System, Baton Rouge & Director of MERLOT Africa Network) -Baton Rouge - LA – USA
Presenter 1: Solomon Negash (Kennesaw State University, GA – USA / Bethany Foundation, Ethiopia, East africa and MAN Executive Council)
Presenter 2: Bakary Diallo, Rector of the Africa Virtual University (UVA) and MAN Executive Counci) –Kenya, East Africa
Presenter 3: Mbangwana Moses Atezah, (Panafrican Research Agenda on the Pedagogical Integration of ICT – Educational Research Network for West And Central Africa (ERNWACA)),
and MAN Executive Council) - Bamako, Mali – West Africa
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PANEL 2:
MERLOT AFRICA NETWORK (MAN): PROGRESS REPORT
Saturday, August 9
2:45 pm to 3:30 pm
Conrad D
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The panel will present a status report on the first year anniversary of the MERLOT Africa Network (MAN). MAN, officially launched during the 7th International Conference, Jazzing IT up with MERLOT, in New Orleans, Louisiana, has grown to become a recognized international organization reaching out to Africa. The first part of the session will discuss specific milestones and achievements as well as opportunities for international collaborations between the US institutions affiliated with MERLOT and the African counterparts. The second part of the discussion will focus on brainstorming ways to engage the MERLOT Community in the MAN. The audience will be encouraged to join in this discussion.
Moderator/Presenter 1: Gerry Hanley, (Executive Director MERLOT and California state university and MAN Executive Council ) -CA, USA
Presenter 2: Moustapha. Diack, (Southern University System, Baton Rouge & Director of MERLOT Africa Network) -Baton Rouge - LA – USA
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PANEL 3:
RETHINKING THE POLICIES AND PROMOTING AWARENESS FOR DEPLOYING eLEARNING IN AFRICA
Sunday, August 10
11:30 am to 12:15 pm
Carver
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The level of interest in using e-learning technology and information and communication technologies to address critical development challenges is high. The rapid development in ICT-supported education of recent years has opened interesting opportunities for building sustainable knowledge societies in Africa. This panel will discuss requirements, problems, and solutions related to ICT policies, implementation of learning network systems, cost of educational infrastructures, and awareness-raising efforts as integrated approach to the overall plans and initiatives for deploying a successful model of e-learning. The audience will be encouraged to join in this discussion. The sessions will be videotaped for further disseminations.
Moderator: Moustapha Diack (Southern University System, Baton Rouge & Director of MERLOT Africa Network) -Baton
Rouge - LA – USA
Presenter 1: Bakary Diallo, Rector of the Africa Virtual University (UVA) and MAN Executive Counci) – Kenya, East Africa
Presenter 2: Leopold Reif, (Hoffmanand reif, Co-Organizer of the eLearning Africa Conference and MAN Executive Council) - – Berlin, Germany,
Presenter 3:Victor Mbarika (Southern University System, Baton Rouge & Director of International Center for Information Technology and Development Director ) - Baton Rouge - LA – USA
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MERLOT AFRICA NETWORK |
|| Southern University System – SUS, LA – USA || Kennesaw State University - KSU, GA – USA || Addis Ababa University - Ethiopia - AAU || University Cheikh Anta Diop - Senegal - UCAD || National University of Rwanda - NUR || Mbara University of Science and Technology - Uganda - MUST || INITELEMATIQUE , Burundi - INITELEMATIQUE || MERLOT Africa Network - MAN || African Virtual University - AVU, Kenya || MERLOT Organization and Community – MERLOT || UNESCO Open Training Platform - OPT || Educational Research Network for West and Central Af rica - ERNWACA ||Association of African Distance Learning Centres – AADLC
|| Qedoc Interactive Educational Resources - Qedoc ||Global Textbook Project - GTP || Asylum - Markbook || |
